Udayamāṇavakapañhāniddesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Cūḷaniddesa · Vol. 30 · Section 455

[455] **"The world has delight as its fetter" (nandisaññojano loko)**: "delight" (nandi) is a term for craving (taṇhā) — that is, whatever lust (rāga), infatuation (sārāga) … covetousness (abhijjhā), greed (lobha), the unwholesome root (akusalamūla). That delight which is the world's fetter (saññojana), its attachment, its bondage, its defilement (upakkilesa) — by this delight the world is yoked, engaged, joined, thoroughly joined, attached, stuck fast, and impeded. Therefore "the world has delight as its fetter."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.